Where does “نان” come from?
نان (Uyghur) comes from Persian نان, from Middle Persian LHMA, from Proto-Iranian nagna-, from Proto-Iranian ni.
نان (Uyghur): naan, A type of round, flat bread baked in a...
Definitions
- naan, A type of round, flat bread baked in a...
Ancestry of “نان”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | نان | bread, including the kind called naan in English... |
| 2 | Middle Persian | LHMA | bread; food |
| 3 | Proto-Iranian | nagna- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Iranian | ni | — |